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Reminder of Days Gone By

July 17, 2015

As regular readers are aware, I am a big fan of Sean Martin; creator of Doc & Raider, The Littlest Blog and his other work. Fans of D&R know that current strips and panels are digital- computer generated. Last century D&R was hand-drawn and Sean [read more]

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Outdated OutQ

June 19, 2015

02/11/2016: Yesterday Derek posted a link to rumours of OutQ’s impending demise. The news was confirmed over night: Advocate News Article. Also see the following thoughtful pieces from today: Romaine Patterson on Facebook; Derek Hartley; Periscope archived on Katch.me; 12/21/2015: Announcing Derek & Romaine on [read more]

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Queer Sisters and Catholic Nuns

April 28, 2015

Sister Unity (found on Facebook) responds to a self-professed gay male Roman Catholic political activist who accused Sisters (as in, of Perpetual Indulgence) of ‘mocking nuns‘ and putting the fight for equality at risk by offending all members of that religious faith tradition. In comments [read more]

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Religious Freedom and Social Contracts Old and New

April 8, 2015

At the founding of the USA the concept of Religious Freedom as used in the US Constitution was clear and focussed. In contrast to European countries with Established Churches and stipulations such as ‘No Catholic may ascend to the British throne’ the new country would [read more]

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Slut

April 4, 2015

As long as I can remember I have defined a slut as “someone who has more sex than the person using the term,” because that’s how the word seems to be used. The traditional definition (as in, Merriam-Webster online) applies only to females- and uses [read more]

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Coming Out Again, More Coming Out, Coming More Out

March 30, 2015

I came out as gay to my family and the world (well, the readership of the Chatham Daily News) in 1978. Although I’ve always reserved the right to decide whether or not to tell people I come in contact with, not saying anything has been [read more]